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What two African countries are mentioned most often in the Bible? Genesis
2:13, & Psalm 105:23 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. Genesis 2:13 23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. * Ethiopia is known in the Bible as Cush —Egypt is known as Mizraim. 2. Who Inhabited the countries of Egypt and Ethiopia? Genesis 10:6 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan * The continent of Africa was inhabited by two sons of Ham called Mizraim and Cush. Mizraim is translated Egypt, and Cush Ethiopia. 3. What does the Bible have to say about the Ethiopians? Jeremiah 46:9 9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. 4. Who came to the rescue of Hezekiah King of Israel, when the Assyrians besieged Jerusalem? Isaiah 37:9. 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 5. Which prophet of Israel was born to an Ethiopian? Zephaniah 1:1 1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. * The word Cushi is another name for an Ethiopian or people who were black. Cush was one of the sons of Ham..
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